Shell Wadding – A Slippery Story
The Victorian philosopher George Henry Lewes sternly warns us that: “We must never assume that which is incapable of proof”.
I must admit when I was asked by the Goldmark (goldmarkart.com) gallery to write a piece on the use of seashells as wadding I had forgotten the philosopher’s admonition. I assumed it was an ancient Japanese technique and something to do with the tea ceremony.
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